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* DudeNotFunny: After telling a joke about pigs right to a cop's face, David is ordered by the court to enroll in a support group.
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* {{Womanchild}}: Sarah likes to sing songs meant for little kids.
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David Cohen (Brandon Polansky) is a mildly autistic man ordered by a judge to attend an autism support group for six weeks after an incident in which he told pig jokes to a cop. While there, he meets Sarah Silverstein (Samantha Elisofon), a woman with non-verbal learning disability who helps run the group's drama club. At first she grates on him, but soon the two start to fall in love. But David's desire to appear normal threatens to tear them apart.

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David Cohen (Brandon Polansky) (Creator/BrandonPolansky) is a mildly autistic man ordered by a judge to attend an autism support group for six weeks after an incident in which he told pig jokes to a cop. While there, he meets Sarah Silverstein (Samantha Elisofon), (Creator/SamanthaElisofon), a woman with non-verbal learning disability who helps run the group's drama club. At first she grates on him, but soon the two start to fall in love. But David's desire to appear normal threatens to tear them apart.
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-->'''David''': Why did the bum vote for [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Obama]]?"\\

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-->'''David''': Why did the bum vote for [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Obama]]?"\\Obama]]?\\
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David Cohen (Brandon Polansky) is a mildly autistic man ordered by a judge to attend an autism support group for six weeks after an incident in which he told pig jokes to a cop. While there, he meets Sarah Silverstein (Samantha Elisofon), a woman with non-verbal learning disability who helps run the group's drama club. At first she grates on him, but soon the two start to fall in love. But David's desire to be normal threatens to tear them apart.

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David Cohen (Brandon Polansky) is a mildly autistic man ordered by a judge to attend an autism support group for six weeks after an incident in which he told pig jokes to a cop. While there, he meets Sarah Silverstein (Samantha Elisofon), a woman with non-verbal learning disability who helps run the group's drama club. At first she grates on him, but soon the two start to fall in love. But David's desire to be appear normal threatens to tear them apart.
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* CommonalityConnection: After spending most of the movie trying to distance himself and Sarah from the "weirdos" in the support group, David realizes that he loves Sarah because she's weird, like him.
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* BusesAreForFreaks: David is reluctant to take the bus because the homeless people creep him out. When he finally boards the bus towards the end to talk to Sarah, it's a sign that his hatred of weirdness is weakening.


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* TitleDrop: David doesn't know how to count change, so he pays people in large bills and says, "Keep the change."
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* CelebrityResemblance: Angie, one of David's failed girlfriends, tells him he looks like [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]].

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David Cohen (Brandon Polansky), a mildly autistic man mandated to attend an autism support group for six weeks after an incident in which he told pig jokes to a cop. While there, he meets Sarah Silverstein (Samantha Elisofon), a woman with non-verbal learning disability who helps run the group's drama club. At first she grates on him, but soon the two start to fall in love.

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David Cohen (Brandon Polansky), Polansky) is a mildly autistic man mandated ordered by a judge to attend an autism support group for six weeks after an incident in which he told pig jokes to a cop. While there, he meets Sarah Silverstein (Samantha Elisofon), a woman with non-verbal learning disability who helps run the group's drama club. At first she grates on him, but soon the two start to fall in love. But David's desire to be normal threatens to tear them apart.



* AmusementPark: The protagonists go to one. Sarah wants to go on the most intense rides, while David tries to talk her into something gentler. Even the merry-go-round turns out to be enough to make David queasy.



* CelebCrush: Sammy, who runs the drama club with Sarah, is in love with David's cousin Matt Cone (Johnny Tchaikovsky), an actor who is FamedInStory. When the group is asked what superpowers they wish they could have, Sammy's is the ability to make Matt Cone fall in love with him.

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* CelebCrush: Sammy, Sammy (Nicky Gottlieb), who runs the drama club with Sarah, is in love with David's cousin Matt Cone (Johnny Tchaikovsky), an actor who is FamedInStory. When the group is asked what superpowers they wish they could have, Sammy's is the ability to make Matt Cone fall in love with him.


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* DatingServiceDisaster: David has had a string of internet girlfriends who all found him so off-putting in person that they dumped him after one date.
* GoldDigger: David's parents worry that Sarah is one and try to forbid him from seeing her. He doesn't listen.
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* BasementDweller: David still lives with his parents.
* CelebCrush: Sammy, who runs the drama club with Sarah, is in love with David's cousin Matt Cone (Johnny Tchaikovsky), an actor who is FamedInStory. When the group is asked what superpowers they wish they could have, Sammy's is the ability to make Matt Cone fall in love with him.
* CharacterTics: David loudly snorts and groans when he's upset. He tells people it's allergies.
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''Keep the Change'' is a RomanticComedy written and directed by Rachel Israel.

David Cohen (Brandon Polansky), a mildly autistic man mandated to attend an autism support group for six weeks after an incident in which he told pig jokes to a cop. While there, he meets Sarah Silverstein (Samantha Elisofon), a woman with non-verbal learning disability who helps run the group's drama club. At first she grates on him, but soon the two start to fall in love.
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!!''Keep the Change'' contains examples of:
* {{Pun}}: David is fond of these.
-->'''David''': Why did the bum vote for [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Obama]]?"\\
'''Driver''': Why?\\
'''David''': Because he wanted change.
* SensoryOverload: One of the members of the support group wonders if this is the reason David seems so withdrawn. It isn't, he just doesn't want to be there.
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